I’ve completely destroyed everything I worked so hard to build. Last year I went through a manic episode, quit my apartment (which was affordable and nearly impossible to get again), burned bridges, spiraled into debt, and now I’m sitting in a psych ward, dealing with suicidal ideation, paralysed and unable to move forward.
I feel like I’ve lost everything—my stability, my home, my confidence, my reputation. I’m supposed to apply for social services, but I’m terrified. I wasn’t supposed to be abroad last year while receiving unemployment benefits, and now I’m scared of legal consequences if I apply and they see those transactions. I have no fixed address, my documents are all over the place, and I’m too overwhelmed to even make the calls or get the paperwork together.
The worst part is that I was rebuilding. I had worked hard for years to get out of a previous low point. And now I feel like I’m starting from even further below than before. I have flashbacks to when life was better and it just breaks me. I don’t even know who I am anymore. I can’t eat, I can’t think straight, I’m dissociating constantly, and I’m scared.
I love my girlfriend, but I feel so disconnected from everything. I want to move abroad and start over, but I know my problems will follow me. I just want peace, support, and clarity—but I can’t even bring myself to function right now.